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    • Dec 6, 1961
    Gene Autry is arrested on drunk driving charges in Los Angeles after almost hitting maintenance workers with his station wagon near the corner of Sunshine Terrace and Laurel Canyon. Just two weeks prior, he pleaded guilty to a previous DUI
    Jan 25, 1963
    Kansas City disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call dies in a car accident. To raise money for his family, several country artists perform a benefit concert in March, including Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Dottie West and George Jones
    Jan 28, 1963
    A truck hits Charley Pride at a smelter in Helena, Montana, damaging his ankle, which has a pin permanently embedded
    Mar 7, 1963
    Jack Anglin dies in an auto accident on the way to Patsy Cline's memorial service in Nashville. A former member of The Anglin Brothers trio, he joined Johnnie Wright to create Johnnie & Jack, earning hits from 1951-1958
    Mar 30, 1963
    George Jones ends up in a hospital after his bus slides into a ravine near Grants Pass, Oregon. Also injured is steel guitarist Hal Rugg
    Apr 1, 1963
    Elvis Presley gives teenage girlfriend Priscilla Beaulieu, who is living at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, a red Corvair
    May 30, 1963
    Future Curb Records owner Mike Curb is in the stands at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as Parnelli Jones wins the Indianapolis 500
    Jul 15, 1963
    The Beatles' Paul McCartney, driving on the left side of the road in England, receives a speeding ticket. It's accompanied by a fine of 17 pounds
    Aug 25, 1963
    Beatle Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds for speeding and has his drivers license suspended for one year. He goes on to have songwriting credits on the country hits "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" and "I Feel Fine"
    Sep 22, 1963
    "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" singer Julio Iglesias suffers a compressed spine in a near-fatal car crash in Madrid, Spain. He learns to play guitar during his recovery



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